This is a blog on economics and politics from the perspective of a microeconomist of the Austrian school of thought who works in market research.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Are the U.S. media as transparent as the U.S. government?

Are the U.S. media as transparent as the U.S. government?: "Bob Schieffer of CBS News gave one of the great media quotes of 2013. He was asked by Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor of The Post, about how the Obama administration ranked in terms of openness toward the media. Schieffer riffed: “When I’m asked what is the most manipulative and secretive administration I’ve covered, I always say it’s the one in office now. Every administration learns from the previous administration. They become more secretive and put tighter clamps on information. This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush’s did, and his before that.”"